Holloway

Dir. Sophie Compton & Daisy-May Hudson

Dur: 85 minutes

https://hollowayfilm.com/

WORLD PREMIERE AT 68th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
In Competition for the Grierson Award for Best Documentary
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE AT HOT DOCS 2025
In Competition for the Academy Award Qualifying International Award for Best Film
Top 20 Audience Favourites

BIFA NOMINATED FOR MAVERICK AWARD 2025
BIFA Longlisted for Best Documentary and Breakthrough Producer

NOMINATED AT THE CJA AWARDS 2025

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Six women return to the abandoned Holloway Prison to participate in a women’s circle. Sharing some of the most intimate experiences of their lives, they unravel what led each of them to prison, building an eye-opening portrait of repeatedly failing systems, and discovering their extraordinary capacity to heal through sisterhood.

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Producers: Alice Hughes, Polly Creed & Sophie Compton
Co-producer: Tarquin Ramsay
Cinematographer: Sarah Cunningham
Editor: Stella Heith Keir
Composer: Adam Janota Bzowski
EPs: Claire O’Neill & Natasha Dack-Ojumu

A Beehive Films, Murmuration Films & Power-Play collaboration
In association with OL64